Facing-block.



- 'PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903. E. E. REILLY & M. BURKE. FACING BLOOK. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 12, 1902.

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EDWARD E. REILLY AND MICHAEL BURKE, OF PERU, IIQTDIANA.

FACING- BLOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,730, dated March 24, 1903. Application filed December 12,-1902. Serial No. 134,994. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD E. REILLY and MICHAEL BURKE, citizens of the United States, residing at Peru,in the county ofMiami and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Facing- Blocks; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to buildings, and it relates particularly to that class in which cement or composite blocks are attached to studding or sheathing in a manner to present the appearance of a wall built in the ordinary way.

The'object of the invention is to provide simple,cheap,and easily applied means whereby cement or composite blocks may be attached to the studding or sheathing of a building in a manner to secure the blocks firmly in place without requiring skilled labor in arranging them.

With this object in View the invention consists, essentially, of a plate or bar, preferably of metal, having one end bifurcated, the two ends being bent in opposite directions, and the other end having a slot therein, and a wedge or tapered pin adapted to be passed through the slot, the bifurcated end being adapted to be embedded in a cement or composite block and the other end being adapted to be passed through an opening in a stud or sheathing of a building and be secured there by the wedge or tapered pin.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a face view of a portion of a completed wall made in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a composite block and a stud or sheathing, showing the means for attaching the block to the stud or sheathing. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the plate or bar forming a portion of the means for attaching the blocks to the studs or sheathing.

, In the drawings, 1 represents the blocks adapted to form the outer face of a completed buildiug.- These blocks may be of any desired shape, being, however, preferably rectangular in order to facilitate the close fitting of the meeting edges of adjoining blocks.

Any suitable material'or combination of materials capable of being placed in molds in a plastic or semiplastic condition and which will become hard by exposure to air or by the application of heat-may be'employed in forming the blocks. In forming them in accordance with our invention the plates 2 are arranged in the molds in such manner as to embed a portion of the plates in the blocks formed by filling the molds with the mate- 7 rial forming the blocks and to leave exposed an end by which the blocks and plates may be attached to the studdin g or sheathing of a building.

The plates or bars, one of which is shown particularly in Fig. 3 of the drawings, consist of the main body 2, the end 3, adapted to be embedded in the blocks, and the end 4, which is designed to pass through the studs or sheathing of a building. The end 3 is cut inward for a short distance, forming two'fingers, and these are each bent in opposite directions to each other and approximately at right angles to the main portion 2 of the plate. By this form the end 3, which is embedded in the block during the formation of the latter, forms a means. for securely and rigidly anchoring the plate. The outer end 4 of the plate is provided witha slot 5, and through this is adapted to be passed the wedge 6.

The manner of attaching the blocks to a building is very simple and may be accomplished rapidly by an unskilled person. The blocks having embedded therein the bars or plates, as described, are placedagainst the outer faces of the studs or sheathing 7 of a building, the studs or'sheathing'against which the plates rest having in them openings receiving the ends 4 of the plates. The ends 4 of the plates or bars are of such a length that the slot is brought on the inner face of the stud. When the parts are in this position, the wedge or tapered pin is driven firmly into the slot and bearing firmly on the a stud or' sheathing having an opening reinner face of the stud securely holds the block ceiving the slotted end, and a wedge adapted in position. to enter the slot, substantially as described.

Having thus described ourinvention, what In testimony whereof we affix our signa- I 5 we claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettures in presence of two witnesses.

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The combination with a plate or bar hav- 1 ing one end bifurcated and having the parts Witnesses:

ETHAN T. REASONER, ANDREW SOHMOLL.

bent in opposite directions, and having the other end slotted, of a concrete or composite block formed around the bifurcated end, and 

